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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ruction on the track. The frame of the car wasunbroken by the fall, though the wheels and parts of the truckwere driven through the floor. The fact that the car did notturn over in its fall, in which event many of the passengers mustsurely have been killed, is regarded as very remarkable. Themotorman remained at his post in the hope of stopping the car,and suffered severe injuries. 194 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. (Vol. XI, No. 3- THE ACQUARAMA. The new amusement plant brought out this season by theAcquarama Co., of 150 Nassau St., New York, bids fair to becomeone of the most popular attractions for parks and pleasure resortsthat has ever been devised, and the company is now filling orders threads. Where the locking feature is not required they are tappedto full standard thread. The Elastic nuts have been adopted by a number of machinery,bridge, and car builders and have been found very efficient fortrack fastening, tie rods, etc. They are highly endorsed by manymanufacturers and engineers.
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PLAN OF ACQUAR.^M.A. from Pittsburg, Atlantic City, N. J.; South Beach, N. Y.; Rock-away Beach, N. Y.; Pan American Exposition, Bufifalo; WoodsidePark, Philadelphia; Washington, D. C, and two from Europe. As mentioned in the Review for last January, the attractionconsists of a slightly inclined, covered sluice-way, S ft. wide, withsides 24 in. high, through which runs a current of water sufficientlyswift to move boats seating from four to six persons. The riverwinds its way in a sinuous course, and along its banks are placedinteresting scenes, tunnels and novel lighting effects, which arousedelight and interest at every turn. The accompanying drawingshows how a river over a half mile long may be laid out in a plotof ground about 600 ft. long. ELASTIC SELF-LOCKING NUTS. This nut. which is illustrated herewith, is manufactured by theNational Elastic Nut Co., of Milwaukee, and is designed so as tolock itself firmly on the bolt, simply by being screwed on, withoutany accessories such as s

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